Question

[nguyễn thanh hải]

In the past 50 years, that country _______ through 15 consitutions, I8 coups and 21 prime ministers.   *

A. has been going

B. goes

C. were going

D. has gone

This tradition, which the people of the region _______ for centuries, is now falling into disfavour. *

A. followed

B. have been following

C. are following

D. follow

Pupils' minds _______ about the word order in the sentences. *

A. has confused

B. have confused

C. have been confused

D. has been confused

When his bomb dismissed him from his job, he _______ there for ten years. *

A. was working

B. worked

C. had been working

D. has been working

She was still working a eight o'clock yesterday evening. She _______ since six o'clock in the morning. *

A. has worked

B. has been working

C. worked

D. had been working

He _______ smoke eight years ago. But he _______ it up now. *

A. used to - had given

B. use to - gave

C. used to - has given

D. is used to - gives

For several years now she _______ as private secrectary to the bank manager. *

A. worked

B. has been working

C. was working

D. works

A man _______ me to work three times this week, so I _______ him to the police. *

A. follows - am reporting

B. has followed - have reported

C. is following - reported

D. followed- report

Much progress _______ in telecommunications during World War I, but the basic techniques _______ in the previous decades. *

A. was achieved - had been developed

B. has been achieved - were developed

C. had been achieved - has been developed

D. would have been achieved - were developing

I _______ for a very long time, so I _______ very angry with them. *

A. had been waiting - was

B. have been waiting - was

C. have waited - was

D. have been waiting - am

Rick _______ badly, so the coach decided to leave him out of my team. He was very sorry. *

A. isn't playing

B. plays

C. had been playing

D. has played

They _______ him to make his decision as quicky as possible because they _______ the arrangements tomorrow. *

A. were pressing - have been finalising

B. are pressing - finalise

C. have pressed - finalised

D. have been pressing - are finalising

His train _______ at 4 p.m, on Tuesday. He doesn't need to call a taxi. I _______ him to the station. *

A. leaves - am going to take

B. will leave - take

C. has left - took

D. is leaving - will take

It is getting late. By the time we _______ to the cinema, the film _______ on. *

A. got - will have been

B. have got - had been

C. are getting - has been

D. get - will be

Though world food production ________ since 1950 people still ________ from shortages in various parts of the world. *

A. has been doubing - may be suffering

B. has doubled - suffer

C. had been doubled - could be suffering

D. has been doubled - suffers

The manager of the company _______ they _______ five new branches in the city the following month. *

A. has said - would open

B. is saying - have opened

C. said - were opening

D. would say - had opened

I'm sad to think that all my plants _____ by the time I _______ from holiday. *

A. will die - return

B. died - returned

C. may have died - have returned

D. had died - could return

Some people believe the Earth _______ flat and the Sun _______ round it. *

A. is - goes

B. was - went

C. is - has gone

D. is - is going

The man whom I ________ with ________ the headmaster of the school. *

A. was talking - were

B. were talking - was

C. can talk - were

D. was talking - was

The flow of immigrants into Britain _______ to a small number since the new laws ________ . *

A. will be reduced - have introduced

B. have reduced - had introduced

C. has been reduced - were introduced

D. were reduced - have been introduced

The exhaust pipe on my car _______ for days when finally it _______ off on the high way. *

A. rattled - had fallen

B. had been rattling - fell

C. was rattling - fell

D. may rattle - falls

The goals of this course ________ me willing to start. *

A. had been made

B. make

C. were made

D. makes

Don't ring my cell phone at 2 p.m. I _______ the questons in the "Call me later." *

A. am going to answer

B. will be answering

C. will have answered

D. have answered

My little brother says he _______ a soldier when he _______ up. *

A. is - has grown

B. will be - grew

C. has been - is growing

D. is going to be - grows

Would you mind telling me what you _______ to do for the last half an hour? *

A. have been trying

B. had been trying

C. are trying

D. were trying

The match _______ put off because it _______ heavily since early morning. *

A. was - has been raining

B. has been - has been raining

C. is - is raining

D. is - had rained

By the end next month, the author _______ his sixth novel. *

A. has written

B. will have been writing

C. has been writing

D. will have written

I knew that she _______ writing her report yet, so I _______ her to go out for lunch. *

A. didn't finish - don't invite

B. hasn't finished - haven't invited

C. hadn't finished - didn't invite

D. wasn't finishing - hadn't invited

Your luggage looks heavy. Wait here and I _______ my car to drive you home. *

A. bring

B. am bringing

C. am going to bring

D. will bring

He can't remember any of the bad habits he ________ when he was younger. *

A. had

B. has had

C. were having

D. had had

Don't forget that we _______ you for our engagement party next Friday. *

A. have expected

B. have been expecting

C. are expecting

D. expect

Although everybody in the group ________ the schedule, one of them always _______ late to the meetings. *

A. knows - comes

B. knows - come

C. know - comes

D. know - come

By the time the Son La Dam project has been completed, we _______ together for at least eight years. *

A. will have been working

B. were working

C. have been working

D. had been working

When he came out of the cave, he _______ still like a statue for a while. *

A. stands

B. is stading

C. has stood

D. stood

Many Eskimos, who ________ Alaska thousands of years ago, _______ in epidemics after their first contact with European diseases. *

A. settled - killed

B. would settle - had killed

C. had settled - were killed

D. were settling - had been killed

Garry looks very tired. I think that he _______ more load than he could manage. *

A. will take

B. is taking

C. had taken

D. has taken

This is the third cold he _______ in four months. *

A. had had

B. has had

C. has been having

D. had

Their children _______ lots of new friends since they _______ to that town. *

A. have been making - move

B. made - have been moving

C. made - are moving

D. have made - moved

Sheila _______ to stay alone. She is the least sociable student in the course. *

A. prefered

B. prefers

C. had prefered

D. is preferring

Mary _______  delicious meal till yesterday evening. *

A. has cooked

B. hasn't cooked

C. hadn't cooked

D. doesn't ever cook

The perfomance was a real financial disaster, for the organizers _______ into account the cost of invitations and advertising. *

A. weren't taking

B. haven't taken

C. hadn't taken

D. haven't been taken

Steve _______ to the manager after lunch the day before. *

A. spoke

B. was speaking

C. had spoken

D. has spoken

I _______the garage, but I couldn't find the brush to do that. *

A. am painting

B. painted

C. was going to paint

D. have painted

They _______ the advantages of takeover when I _______ them an hour or so later. *

A. were discussing - rejoined

B. have discussed - am rejoining

C. are discussing - will rejoin

D. would discuss - rejoined

We'd better change this suitcase. Its handle _______ before long. *

A. is going to break

B. will be breaking

C. is breaking

D. breaks

As soon as I _______ it was raining, I ________ the children into the house. *

A. have realised - should call

B. realised - called

C. will realise - have called

D. may realise - call

A: _______ the chemist's on your way?           B: Yes. Do you need something?                    A: Yes, some aspirin and cough syrup., if you don't mind.                                                       *

A. Are you going to pass

B. Do you pass

C. Will you be passing

D. Are you passing

The weight of the melons _______ . *

A. might have varied

B. were varied

C. vary

D. varies

While the nanny _______ the little girl a story, she _______ asleep. *

A. were reading - fall

B. was reading - fell

C. reads - was falling

D. read - was falling

Neither my dad nor my mum _______ of the idea. *

A. had convinced

B. have convinced

C. was convinced

D. were convinced